THOUGHTS AND PEELINGS — CURRANT JELLT, &o. 



the trials and perplexities incident to every vo- 



n in life, how much do we not owe to the in- 



ce of woman! Eden was not complete without 



as a companion to the head gardener, Adam, — 



as it has been, so it always will be. The care 



proper mental and moral training of children, if 



dared in its ultimate influence on community and 



world, is her noblest employment Napoleon, 



1 Louis N.), when asked by Madame De Stael 



the children of France most needed, answered, 



lEKs. Often, as we have seen the little child 



sed by its mother, giving the kiss, " good night," 



meeling at his tiny couch to repeat the hallowed 



3r — " Our Father who art in Heaven," how our 



, yearned for some token of remembrance of her 



left us to another's care in early youth! 



wanderings far away from the paternal home, 



1 other scenes and customs have nearly effaced 



iipressious of childhood, yet a mother's love and a 



lor's yearning tenderness are not forgotten. How 



! who have tasted of forbidden pleasures — who 



wandered far from the paths of rectitude and 



e — have felt a mother's parting blessing hovering 



nd them, and calling them with a still small voice 



pentance and peace! Seed planted by a moth- 



ove, and watered, it may be, by a mother's tears, 



gh buried long in dust, and hidden from the 



d, will one day yield its precious harvest. 



'ithout entering upon the question of woman's 



ts— either for or against — we may say the mother 



es the man. Show us an intelligent, high-minded, 



cientious woman as a mother, and it is a reversal 



he universal law of cause and elTect, if the im- 



s of her teachings is not stamped deeply on the 



thful minds entrusted to her charge. Without 



lag ia the wrangles of the court room, or address- 



a congregation from the pulpit, it is her high 



■ilege on matters of feeling and impulse to reach 



hiavt. She can persuade where reason fails to 



obedience, even when the pride of youth spurns 



idea of woman's government. How important, 



II, to tit her for the taslc, and develop to the ut- 



st every faculty of the soul. 



l,AmKs,who have heretofore perused the columns 



the Farmer, we design to have a corner in your 



lecial charge. "Will you kindly occupy its pages 



arselvcs, in communicating the results of your ob- 



servations, practice and e.'cperience? Articles adapt- 

 ed to the great object of fitting your daughters and 

 yoiu^elves for the duties of life, will always be wel- 

 come to our columns. 



[For the Genesee Farmer.] 



CURRANT JEIiY, 



AS MADE BY THE LONDON CONFEOTIONERS. 



As much waste of sugar is prevented by adopting 

 the following method of preparing red or black cur- 

 rant jelly, I think it may prove a valuable addition 

 to the housewife's knowledge. The recipe was com- 

 municated to me last summer by my sister, Mifs J. 

 M. Strickland. She says: — Last year I made my 

 currant and raspbeny jelly after a recipe furnished by 

 a confectioner. I placed my currants, stripped from 

 the stalk, in a stone jar, and placed the jar in a water 

 bath till the fruit was soft. I then run off the juice 

 through a hair seive. I made the juice boil for a few 

 minutes. I rolled good loaf sugar very fine (allow- 

 ing the usual quantity of a pound of sugar to a pint 

 of juice). My sugar was then placed in the oven in 

 a tin plate till it was hot but not melted — poured the 

 currant juice boiling hot into a jug, stirred in the 

 rolled and heated sugar, stirring carefully till it was 

 thoroughly melted. I put the jelly, when cooled, in- 

 to glasses and jars — thjck glass vessels are best for 

 jelly — and when cooled, fastened down with oiled pa- 

 per, ha^-ing first laid fair paper soaked in brandy or 

 rum over the jelly, to prevent mold. In this process, 

 the jellying commences slowly from the bottom, and 

 continues till the whole mass is solidified. 



I succeeded so well, that in future I shall make all 

 my preserves in the same way — only the jams will, I 

 think, require longer boiling in the water bath. The 

 color of the fruit is much superior to that boiled in 

 the usual way. I recommend you to try my plan. 



Will any of the lady readers of the Genesee Far- 

 mer try the above method of making currant jelly ? 



Oaklands, Rice Lake, C. W. C. P. T. 



Economy in the Kitchen. — Never waste any- 

 thing, but have places and purposes for all articles 

 in your keeping. Habits of economy are easily ac- 

 quired, and the cookniaid would do well to consider 

 how much more valuable she must be to her employ- 

 ers, and how much more she will be respected, if she 

 be careful, and make the most of the property that 

 is intrusted to her charge, than if she uses it wastc- 

 fuUy. ^__ 



With love, the heart becomes a fair and fertile 

 o-ardon, glowing with sunshine and warm hues, and 

 exhaling" swoi't odors; but without it, it is a bleak 

 desert covered with ashea 



